The age of deception : nuclear diplomacy in treacherous times by El Baradei, Mohamed instant download

The age of deception : nuclear diplomacy in treacherous times by El Baradei, Mohamed instant download

340 pages ; 24 cm, The author gives us his account from the centre of the nuclear fray. Readers will sit at the dinner table with Iraqi officials in Baghdad, listening as they bleakly predict the coming war. They will eavesdrop on the exchanges between UN inspectors and U.S. officials observing the behind-the-scenes formulation of an approach to foreign policy and diplomacy that would come to characterise the Bush administration. We gain a feel for the difficulty of the IAEA inspectors' struggle to maintain objectivity when trust has been broken, or when the press - or governments - are playing fast and loose with the facts, Includes bibliographical references and index, Iraq, 1991-1998 : unmasking a hidden program -- North Korea, 1992-2002 : the case of the missing plutonium -- Iraq, 2002 and after : a needless war -- North Korea, 2003 and after : the nuclear weapons club adds a member -- Iran, 2003-2005 : the riddle of Taqqiya -- Libya : discovery and dismantlement -- The nuclear bazaar of A.Q. Khan -- From Vienna to Oslo -- Iran, 2006 : \"not one centrifuge\" -- Double standards -- Iran, 2007-2008 : squandered opportunities -- Iran, 2009 : in pursuit of a brealthrough -- Conclusion : the quest for human security